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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Workfront

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Content Marketing Platform brings teams together in a single, AI-powered workspace to share plans, collaborate on assets and execute campaigns.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    I feel the other products have an easier user interface and ability to quickly build and manage projects.
    Incentivized
    Optimizely
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    43 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    32 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    43 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    8.6
    304 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management10.0303 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management9.0275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.0243 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.0271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.0273 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.0293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.0186 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology6.5199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management6.8275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration10.0231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.0234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking10.0220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management9.0211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management10.0189 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    6.0
    173 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates5.181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing6.171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting6.4171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software6.462 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    7.1
    37 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Ideation00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings7.334 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings8.133 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings6.130 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings6.017 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    6.7
    33 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Content hub00 Ratings7.326 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings8.127 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings7.822 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    7.5
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Audience profiling and targeting00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings6.620 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings6.924 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings7.120 Ratings
    Competitive analytics00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (355 ratings)
    7.3
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (60 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    6.3
    (33 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Workfront enables us to manage all our projects effectively while providing a comprehensive overview of team resources. The Resource Planner helps the team identify their capacity to determine whether they are over- or under-allocated. This information is crucial for project planning and ensuring team members do not experience burnout.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    A 7 only because I think there's question marks around customization. However, I've seen very similar tools in the past where stakeholders have been skeptical, but as you get to know it and use it, you'll find actually you realize those benefits. I just think Optimizely could help its stakeholders and clients see those benefits early on versus later on. However, that's not to say it's not possible, so a 7 at this stage, but I think it's got potential in future. If you are a marketing firm who wants a centralized system for managing workflows and campaigns, it's great. It does that. However, there are better competitors fill in some of the gaps better than optimized leaders does. It could do better. I think for me, visually when I see, when I create a workflow or a campaign, I can see all the tasks associated with it and I've seen the way that our parent company uses it. It's just a list of all the tasks you see in one view. I think visually it needs improving. However, the purpose that it serves fundamentally, it's got potential, if that makes sense. It's going in the right direction, but I think competitors are doing some of it better than Optimizely is. I think they, like I was saying earlier, if they really want to realize the benefits of the product visually there needs to be some improvement. And then the controls element that I mentioned earlier as well, hopefully that answers both of your questions.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Fosters communication between team members.
    • Serves as a virtual "to do list" for me personally - I can track where I am with projects and what there is left to do, and when it's completed.
    • Sharing documents between team members that can be updated.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • The CMP really is useful for us not only to manage the processes behind how we create content that we serve in different platforms like websites, landing pages, emails, social media, but it also help us as a team that is scattered around the globe to be able to be connected all the time to be able to see what we're working on, to be able to share assets as well. We are not reinventing the wheel to be able to show to other people within the organization what is happening at any given point. We use it not only for assets now, but we use it also for things like planning our webinars, planning our face-to-face events, so it truly is the heart of our marketing organization within the business.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • It can sometimes be a bit difficult to keep track of multiple projects
    • Hard to include people who do not have a Adobe Workfront account
    • I wish there were better notifications around when tasks are removed or you are unassigned from a task
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • One thing that could be improved is some of the promotions that happen in platform. For example, there's a Opal AI little bubble at the bottom right of the corner, which you can't move across the screen. So if you're trying to change the status of a step or you're trying to update a description within a step, that can be a bit challenging and as it seems to be quite an easy fix.
    • I would love to see a capability in terms of having visual representation that we can share out with stakeholders that don't necessarily need access to CMP. But for that level of detail, we don't want it to go too granular, but we do want to be able to share in a quick and visual manner some of the activities that are happening so we can keep everybody in the loop without having to create different variations via different tools.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    All that I've said already is why. I suppose the clearest way to say it is that at this point? I cannot imagine running the 300+ active projects in eMarketing without AtTask; it simply wouldn't be possible and even more; I wouldn't imagine why we'd try to find an alternative tool when we have one meeting our needs.
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    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Adobe
    For my needs, it's easy to jump in and out of, make changes and update projects, and check in with my employers. I haven't used to it create my own projects, they're created by my employer as we go, I suspect it's not hard to use in that way, but I don't have first-hand knowledge.
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    Optimizely
    As a Content Operations Manager, I find the customizable task views and calendar views to be most helpful in the Plan Module. This allows me to have visibility into each team's overdue tasks, and determine where my time is best allocated to help in content production. The Library is a easy to access and highly used function as well for sharing assets across teams
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    Maintenance is required, but usually after work hours, Some days the proofing tool function is not operational, but this is a new function of the tool that WF is working out. the kinks on. Chrome is the best browser to use the system in and we find Firefox and Explorer lose some view functionality - Gantt Chart, Resource Grid
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    Optimizely
    I have not experienced any prolonged outages. From time to time there will be errors but nothing that significantly slows down production
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    Performance
    Adobe
    Workfront's performance has been very good. Everything always feels very fast and snappy in my experience. We have integrated it with custom scripts to create folder structure for media managing our projects. It works very well.
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    Optimizely
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's performance is generally good. Nothing that has impacted production. Page load speed doesn't typically lag longer than a few seconds. Reports take some time but not any longer than we're used to with other platforms. We have not experienced lag when integrating with other platforms
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    It would be nice if the support forms were more dynamic so you could add more information to the support ticket when you enter it to reduce back and forth with the support team member. Also communication on escalated tickets isn't always great. It's gotten better over the years but still needs improvement. Other than that, initial response on support tickets is really quick and the people I've dealt with have always been very professional.
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    Optimizely
    The NewsCred team is very responsive and helpful with any technical issues.
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Adobe
    The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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    Optimizely
    Training was clear and concise. It was intuitive and helped me understand how to navigate the platform. Options to dive in on each action or skip to learn about areas of regular use. Resource links available to when I had additional questions or needed more training in a specific area. Overall, the training allowed me to use the platform without interruption
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Most people learn as you go, a lot of this stuff requires trial and error throughout so my suggestion is to provide as much information in the upfront and keep it as simple as possible. You can add other tools and features as you go but everyone should have the basics down so no bad habits can start to develop. Be persistent with everyone, and don't be afraid to correct and talk through steps again so everyone is on the same page
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    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    It's been a while since I've used another time and resource management platform, but I would say that Adobe Workfront takes the cake. Its newly refreshed user interface is simple to navigate, whereas other platforms can be quite confusing when "drilling down" on a project. Also, Adobe Workfront has features that I have not seen in other platforms, including collaboration capabilities and the ability to upload a document as proof so it can be reviewed for grammar, consistency, formatting, etc., before being presented or sent to a client.
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    Optimizely
    Honestly, I'd rather use Smartsheet paired with a digital asset management tool. It’s more flexible, easier to navigate, and better suited for mid-size teams that need to move quickly without the overhead and complexity that comes with Optimizely. We currently have Optimizely because an investment has been made in the tool.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    As I stated earlier, I didn't have to pay for Workfront myself- I'm a user under a large organization. I know it's not cheap to implement, I don't know how the price scales for a small-business, but I do like the product enough that I'm going to look into it in the future for my own company.
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    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Adobe
    We have been using Workfront for about 3 years. During this time they continue to be a very stable project management system. Workfront's overall scalability is able to handle increased loads of work. When using Workfront for a project management tool for the web team, we store documents, images & video's without any issues. They work with their customer's to provide the best project management system in the market today! I highly recommend Workfront for all project management needs. Workfront strives to deliver unique technology solutions to growing companies!
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    Optimizely
    Optimizely is generally a reliable platform for A/B testing and digital experience management. It's helpful for it's stability, flexibility, and comprehensive features, which is helpful when managing an enterprise website
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • It will help teams to manage their workflow and impact on the overall productivity.
    • Also, one-stop for the higher management to know [the] status [of] all projects in one go - more visibility, comfort tracking.
    • Easy to track what is in backlog for the team and if any individual [is] stuck on a particular task.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • The program has allowed us to meet our content goals more easily (e.g.: we publish X articles per month and track where each article is at).
    • It's helped us improve the accuracy of our information. We have SEO, content strategists, and legal teams involved in the workflow now because it's easy to manage.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Workfront Screenshots

    Screenshot of Tasks in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Work Requests in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Review Functionality in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Adobe Workfront Planning

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Opal, Optimizely's AI, which acts as an extension to the marketing workforce. Use cases include building comprehensive campaign and content briefs, suggesting how to best execute a campaign, creating on-brand content for any channel and providing suggestions for ongoing optimization.Screenshot of Marketing Work Request Prioritization. This streamlines and prioritizes marketing requests with dynamic intake forms, automatic routing, and integrated workflows to ensure that requested work gets completed.Screenshot of Digital Asset Management. With Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's integrated asset repository, marketers can upload, organize, and share assets within the same platform where content planning, creation, and collaboration take place.Screenshot of a Visual Calendar. Optimizely's Content Marketing Platform provides visibility into marketing activities - from content to events to campaigns - with flexibility to support changing timelines.Screenshot of the Calendar. This offers visibility into planned and scheduled content and campaigns with the ability to save and share views.